The median wage in Wales remained at £19,126, which is also the lowest median wage in Britain, suggesting the gap between wages in Wales and the rest of the country may be growing.

Average pay in Wales has remained the same this year, compared to growth in all other parts of the UK, according to new figures.

The median wage in Wales remained at £19,126, which is also the second lowest median wage in the UK after Northern Ireland, where it is £18,703, suggesting the gap between wages in Wales and the much of the rest of the country may be growing.

London has the highest median wages at £30,471, up 1.6% on the previous year, while the South East and the North East saw the biggest annual growth at 3%.

Public sector pay in Wales fared among the worst, down 0.3% to £21,195, with only a 0.9% drop in the East of England a bigger drop.

Change over time interactive

Private sector pay saw a tiny 0.9% increase to take it to £17,356, failing to keep up with inflation, which is currently 2.7%

The pay gap in Wales saw women in full-time work getting a median wage of 80.5% of the men’s fulltime median wage.

The biggest pay gap was in East Midlands where women made 76.1% of men’s wages, while it was smallest in Northern Ireland, at 90.4%.

Median full time wage by constituency (the darker the colour the higher the wage, red areas are those with too little information).

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